View of Hot Creek Gorge is toward the southwest. The steep walls
of the gorge consist of a single thick rhyolite lava that was
erupted from a vent about 4 km to the south.
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA
URL http://lvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/30714277-026_caption.html
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Last modification: 19 October 1999 (SRB)